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Preparation of carbon-coated iron oxide nanoparticles dispersed on graphene sheets and applications as advanced anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Huilong Fei1,§,  Zhiwei Peng1,§,  Lei Li1,  Yang Yang1,2,  Wei Lu1,  Errol L. G. Samuel1,  Xiujun Fan1,  James M. Tour1,2,3( )
Department of ChemistryRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA
Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA
Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineeringRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA

§ These authors contribute equally to this work.

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nanoparticles, graphene, anode, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), lithium ion batteries, carbon coating, Fe2O3
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We report a novel chemical vapor deposition (CVD) based strategy to synthesize carbon-coated Fe2O3 nanoparticles dispersed on graphene sheets (Fe2O3@C@G). Graphene sheets with high surface area and aspect ratio are chosen as space restrictor to prevent the sintering and aggregation of nanoparticles during high temperature treatments (800 ℃). In the resulting nanocomposite, each individual Fe2O3 nanoparticle (5 to 20 nm in diameter) is uniformly coated with a continuous and thin (two to five layers) graphitic carbon shell. Further, the core-shell nanoparticles are evenly distributed on graphene sheets. When used as anode materials for lithium ion batteries, the conductive-additive-free Fe2O3@C@G electrode shows outstanding Li+ storage properties with large reversible specific capacity (864 mAh/g after 100 cycles), excellent cyclic stability (120% retention after 100 cycles at 100 mA/g), high Coulombic efficiency (~99%), and good rate capability.


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Preparation of carbon-coated iron oxide nanoparticles dispersed on graphene sheets and applications as advanced anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's information Huilong Fei1,§, Zhiwei Peng1,§, Lei Li1, Yang Yang1,2, Wei Lu1, Errol L. G. Samuel1, Xiujun Fan1, James M. Tour1,2,3( )
Department of ChemistryRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA
Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA
Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineeringRice University, 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas77005USA

§ These authors contribute equally to this work.

Abstract

We report a novel chemical vapor deposition (CVD) based strategy to synthesize carbon-coated Fe2O3 nanoparticles dispersed on graphene sheets (Fe2O3@C@G). Graphene sheets with high surface area and aspect ratio are chosen as space restrictor to prevent the sintering and aggregation of nanoparticles during high temperature treatments (800 ℃). In the resulting nanocomposite, each individual Fe2O3 nanoparticle (5 to 20 nm in diameter) is uniformly coated with a continuous and thin (two to five layers) graphitic carbon shell. Further, the core-shell nanoparticles are evenly distributed on graphene sheets. When used as anode materials for lithium ion batteries, the conductive-additive-free Fe2O3@C@G electrode shows outstanding Li+ storage properties with large reversible specific capacity (864 mAh/g after 100 cycles), excellent cyclic stability (120% retention after 100 cycles at 100 mA/g), high Coulombic efficiency (~99%), and good rate capability.

Keywords: nanoparticles, graphene, anode, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), lithium ion batteries, carbon coating, Fe2O3

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Received: 19 November 2013
Revised: 08 January 2014
Accepted: 13 January 2014
Published: 01 April 2014
Issue date: April 2014

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Support came from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program (Nos. #00006766 and N00014-09-1-1066), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (No. FA9550- 09-1-0581), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program (No. FA9550-12-1-0035), and China Scholarship Council.

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